The Faculty of Pharmacy at Wayne State University have developed a contemporary curriculum for the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program that allows interaction with patients and healthcare professionals throughout the four-year program. The Pharmacy program is located in one of the world's leading urban research universities with the reputation of training excellent healthcare professionals. We educate future pharmacists to be highly competent health care practitioners, who effectively and safely provide patient-centered care with other health care team members in diverse settings, to be leaders within the profession and to be lifelong learners. Our PharmD graduates are differentiated and sought after because of their clinical skills and ability to provide inter-professional, evidenced-based care that ensures optimal health of the patient and of the public. Specifically, our graduates are practice-ready, eager, willing to work, and prepared to work with diverse populations. Graduates of the Pharmacy professional program consistently score higher than the national and state averages on the NAPLEX (national licensing exam).

Total number of college SEMESTER HOURS that must be completed prior to matriculation: 60

Total number of basic science college SEMESTER HOURS that must be completed prior to matriculation: 39

Total number of college QUARTER HOURS that must be completed prior to matriculation:

Applicants must successfully complete ALL course prerequisites by the end of the: Spring 2017 term

Course Prerequisites Table:

Course Title

Semester Hours

Quarter Hours

Total

60

SCIENCE AND MATH PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK

BIO 1510-Basic life mechanisms

4

BIO 2200 - Introductory Microbiology

4

BIO 2870 + BIO 3200 - Six credits of Anatomy & Physiology with at least three of those credits at the 300/3000 level or above

6

CHM 1220/1230 - General Chemistry I & Lab

4/1

CHM 1240/1250 - Organic Chemistry I & Lab

4/1

CHM 2220/2230 - Organic Chemistry II & Lab

4/1

MAT 2010 - Calculus I

4

PHY 2130/2131 - General Physics I & Lab

3/1

CHM 5600: Biochemistry

NON-SCIENCE PRE-REQUISITE COURSEWORK

4

ENG 1020: Introductory College Writing (BC)

3

COM 1010 - Oral Communication (OC)

3

STA 1020: Elementary Statistics

3

UNIVERSITY GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES:

3

Critical Thinking (CT)

3

Social Science (SS) - ECO 1000 or 2010 recommended

3

Historical Studies (HS)

3

Philosophy & Letters (PL)

3

Foreign Culture (FC)

3

Visual & Performing Arts (VP)

3

ENG 3010- Intermediate Composition (IC)

3

American Society & Institutions (AI)

3

Additional Information:

Meeting the published minimum standards does not guarantee an interview for the pharmacy program. The pharmacy admissions committee reserves the right to determine who will be interviewed and admitted. For calculus, Wayne State does not accept any applied calculus, survey courses, or calculus for business or science. Please note that six credits of Anatomy & Physiology with at least three of those credits at the 300/3000 level or above are required. All prerequisite courses must be at least a C/2.0 or higher. All science prerequisite courses must be completed by May 31, 2017. All non-science prerequisites must be completed by August 31, 2017. As a guide, applicants are expected to receive at least the 25th percentile on the reading portion of the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) and at least the 50th percentile on the biology, chemistry, and quantitative portions of the PCAT. The PCAT must be completed by November 4, 2016 for regular admissions. Early decision applicants must complete the PCAT no later than July 22, 2016. Students with a bachelor’s degree are exempt from completing the University General Education requirements. Those who qualify under the MACRAO or Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) policy (see www.transfercredit.wayne.edu) are exempt from all except Intermediate Composition (IC). Students who do not meet any of these criteria must complete the University General Education requirements as listed above, prior to entering the second professional year. It is strongly recommended that students complete the general education requirements prior to admission into the pharmacy program. Canadian applicants need to send student copies of their transcripts to Wayne State University, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. This is to ensure that their applications are reviewed on a timely basis. This does not mean that Canadian students do not have to submit an ECE/WES transcript evaluation that is required as part of the PharmCAS application. Visit our website at: http://cphs.wayne.edu/program/pharmd-phd-admission.php

The November 4, 2016 PCAT is the last exam that will be considered for the class that enters Fall 2017. The January 2017 PCAT will not be used in determining admission for the class that enters fall 2017. Students applying through the Early Decision program must complete the PCAT no later than July 22, 2016.

Applicants whose native language is not English (regardless of immigration status or citizenship), but who have been instructed in the English language, are not necessarily exempt from the English Language Proficiency requirements. If you meet at least one of the following requirements below, you are exempt from taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Your native language is English. You have completed all secondary or post-secondary education in the United States, Canada or other English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, the West Indies and other countries specified by the Wayne State University Office of Undergraduate Admissions. You are an international or non-immigrant transfer student from a non-English speaking country. You are exempt from the TOEFL provided you have completed an associate of arts or associate of science degree (college parallel degree) from a U.S. institution or completed acceptable transfer credit from a U.S. institution of the equivalent of Wayne State's Basic Composition and Intermediate Composition requirements with a 2.0 grade-point average or higher. http://admissions.wayne.edu/english-proficiency.php

If coursework was completed at a non-US institution, transcripts must be evaluated by a WSU approved evaluation service (WES, ECE, etc.). The official course-by-course evaluation must be sent to PharmCAS and to Wayne State University's Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Please see the following website for information regarding foreign transcript prerequisite evaluation: http://www.cphs.wayne.edu/program/Transcriptguide.php

The interview lasts approximately two hours and forty five minutes. A tour of the building is given by current pharmacy students. Applicants are encouraged to ask questions of the students giving the tour. An onsite writing sample is required. Thirty minutes is given for this sample. Applicants are interviewed by two current pharmacy faculty members, one from pharmaceutical sciences and one from pharmacy practice. The applicant then meets with an advisor to review any outstanding prerequisite course work and general education requirements. Applicants also receive a group presentation about the curriculum in the pharmacy program.